Dan Friedkin

Thomas Daniel Friedkin born in 1965, is an American billionaire, the CEO of The Friedkin Group and the CEO of his subsidiary Gulf States Toyota Distributors, which was founded by his father, Thomas Hoyt Friedkin, president and CEO of the Friedkin Companies.

Dan Friedkin
Born
Thomas Daniel Friedkin

1965 (age 54–55)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materGeorgetown University
Rice University
Net worth$4.1 billion (February 2019)[1]
TitleCEO, Gulf States Toyota Distributors.

In Cinema, he produced films such as The Square (Palme d'Or at the 2017 Festival de Cannes), All the Money in the World, and The Mule.

Early life

Dan Friedkin was born in 1965 in San Diego, California,[2] the son of Thomas H. Friedkin.[1] He has a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University, and a master's from Rice University.[3]

Career

Friedkin is the CEO of Gulf States Toyota Distributors.

In December 2019, Friedkin started negotiations to purchase the Italian football club A.S. Roma, and on August 6, 2020, signed the preliminary contract to agree to pay $591 million to James Pallotta, the main shareholder of Roma.[4]

Personal life

He and his wife Debra have four children, and live in Houston.[1][3]

Friedkin is the founder and chairman of the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation and "one of nine civilian Heritage Flight pilots qualified to fly in formation with US. Air Force single-ship demonstration teams".[2]

gollark: Perhaps people were always really stupid, but the internet allows stupid people to be reached more easily and duped into stupid things.
gollark: How do you know people weren't extremely stupid in the past too?
gollark: I don't; I'm just not going out ever.
gollark: I think it has happened at least in the country fairly often, I don't know about *here*.
gollark: In places which definitely haven't done that well people still do it, though.

References
  1. "Forbes profile: Dan Friedkin". Forbes. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  2. "Dan Friedkin – Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation". Airforceheritageflight.org. 2010-12-06. Archived from the original on 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  3. "T. Dan Friedkin | Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute". Ckwri.tamuk.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-10-25. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  4. "Official statement regarding the ownership of AS Roma". A.S. Roma. August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2020.


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